Adjustable Support Stand for Vertical Cancer Therapy Lines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cancer therapy delivery systems face challenges in maintaining the vertical orientation of components like hubs, manifolds, or connectors, leading to potential microsphere accumulation due to gravitational forces, which can disrupt the delivery process.
Innovation Solution
A support device with a vertical frame member, adjustable height support arm, and a support leg, along with retention members and stability wings, ensures that cancer therapy delivery system components are held in a vertical orientation, minimizing microsphere accumulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the cancer therapy delivery system components are held in a non-vertical orientation, then the ease of operation is improved, but microsphere accumulation occurs due to gravitational forces
Solution Approach 1:
The support device is divided into multiple functional segments: a vertical frame member providing structural support, an adjustable height support arm for positioning, and retention members for securing components. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function optimally while maintaining the overall vertical orientation required to prevent microsphere accumulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The support arm is designed with adjustable height capability, allowing dynamic repositioning along the vertical frame member. This dynamic adjustment enables the system to adapt to different operational requirements while maintaining the critical vertical orientation that prevents gravitational accumulation of microspheres in hubs, manifolds, or connectors.
2Reliability
If the support device structure is made more complex to ensure stable vertical orientation, then the reliability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple support functions are merged into a single integrated device structure. The vertical frame member, adjustable support arm, and retention members work together as a unified system, providing both structural stability and component retention capabilities. This merging reduces the need for multiple separate support devices while maintaining high reliability for preventing microsphere accumulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The support device is designed with universal applicability to hold various components of the cancer therapy delivery system (hubs, manifolds, connectors) in vertical orientation. The adjustable support arm and retention members can accommodate different component sizes and shapes, providing multi-functional support that enhances reliability across diverse applications without proportionally increasing complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The support device stabilizes the delivery system, preventing microsphere accumulation and ensuring consistent delivery by maintaining components in a vertical position, thereby enhancing the efficacy of targeted radioembolization therapy.
Implementation Method 1
maintaining the vertical orientation of components like hubs, manifolds, or connectors, leading to potential microsphere accumulation due to gravitational forces
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments herein relate to a support device for a cancer therapy catheter or injection line. In an embodiment, a medical device support stand is included having a vertical frame member and an adjustable height support arm, wherein the adjustable height support arm is configured to be removably attached to the vertical frame member at varying heights thereon. The support stand also includes a support leg, wherein the support leg is configured to be removably attached to a bottom portion of the vertical frame member. The adjustable height support arm can be configured to engage with a body member of a medical device and retain the same in a vertical orientation. Other embodiments are also included herein.